Fastening device



L. B. CRAIG.

FASTENING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 3, I920.

1,400,6 2, Patented Dec 20, 1921.

INVENTOR.

LOUIS B. CRAIG, F DAVENEOR'I, IOWA.

FASTENING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 3, 1920. Serial No. 421,606.

To all whom 2'2 may concern:

Be it known that l, LOUIS B. CRAIG, a c1t1- zen or". the United States, and a resident of Davenport, county of Scott, and State of Iowa, have invented an Improvement in Fastening; Devices, of which thefollowing is a specification.

' The invention described herein may be used by the Government, or any of its oflicers or employees in prosecution of work for the Government, or by any other person in the United States, without payment to me of any royalty thereon.

The subjectof this invention is a fastening device for looking a door in closed position and relates more particularly to means for retaining the locking device in locked position. l

The main object of the invention is the provision of means for releasably retaining a looking device in locked position.

Another object of the invention is the provision of means for holding the edge of a door in close contact with the frame.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a simple, cheap, and eliicient device for locking av hasp in closed position.

lVit-h these and other objects in view, the invention resides in the novel arrangement and combination of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being' understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein. disclosed may be made within thescope 01" what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

is. practical embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 a rear elevation of a battery wagon with a locking device constructed in accordance with my invention shown in place on the chest thereof;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged plan view of the hasp;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same; and

Fig. l shows the resilient clasp in plan and side elevation.

Referring to the drawing by numerals of reference, the numeral 10 indicates a battery wagon, the opening to the chest of which is closed by a lid or door 11 which carries a stud on which is pivotally mounted turn button 12 formed with an extending wing 13 which may be apertured for the reception of the shank of a padlock 14.

Pivotally mounted in the brackets 15 which are suitably secured to the chest of the battery wagon are the ends of a rod or bar 16 formed with a laterally extending tongue 17, the whole providing a hasp.

The tongue 17 of the hasp is provided with an eye 18 near the free end thereof which is of suitable form to permit the passage therethrouglr of the turn button 12 when the button is turned to one position but when the button is turned to other posi: tions, the wing 13 will'overlie the tongue and prevent the same from being lifted.

The rod 16 has "formed thereon, near the ends thereof, lugs 16 which overlie the edge of the door when the hasp is closed and retain the door firmly seated in its frame.

The tongue 17 has formed in opposite edges short longitudinally extending grooves which communicate with the aperture 20 formed transversely of the-tongue.

A bolt or rivet, not shown, passes through the aperture 20 and through eyes 21 formed in the ends of a resilient clasp 22, the bolt or rivet being of suli'icient length to permit the arms of the clasp to spring outwardly to pass the edges of the tongue and enter the grooves 19 when the clasp is folded down substantially in the plane of the tongue.

When the clasp is so folded down, the loop thereof embraces the turn button 12 with. its wing 13 positioned between the sides of the clasp and the button so prevented from turning. The clasp is releasably retained in folded down position by the engagement of its sides in the grooves 19.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that I have provided an effective lock which may be easily andrquickly set to locked position and is readily released to open the door.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A fastening device including a pivotally mounted bar, lugs formed on the bar for engagement with the edge of a door, a tongue extending laterally from the bar, said tongue provided with an eye and with longitudinally extending grooves in opposite edges thereot, a turn button formed to pass through the eye when in one position and having a wing fashioned to overliethe Patented Dec. 2 0, 1921.

tongue when the button is in any other position, the Wing provided with an aperture I to receive the shank of a padlock, and a clasp pivotally secured to the tongue, its

, sides adapted to spring into the grooves and its loop to embrace the button withtne Wing oi. the button held betweenrthe sides 01 the 'loop When the clasp is folded down.

2. A fastening device including a bar adapted to be pivotally mounted, lugs ioianed on the bar and to overlie the edge of a door, a tongueextending laterally from the bar, said tonguehaving an eye,a turn I button termed to pass through the eye when any other POSltlOI1 EI1Li a otally secured to the tongue adapted to be in :one position, and having a Wing fastened to overlie'the ton ue when the button is in b v I resilient clasp pivfolded down to embrace the button to hold the same withits wing in position overlying {the tongue, the said clasp cooperating with "in one position and to engage the hasp to hold the same closed when turnedto other positions and a clasp connected to the hasp and toldable down to embrace the button to loch'the same in hasp engaging position,the clasp and hasp cooperating to releasably retam the clasp in button embracing position.

a. A fastening device including a hasp, a turn button for holding the hasp in closed position, and means carried by the hasp for retaining the turn button in hasp holding position, said means coeperating with the hasp to hold the means in button retaining position.

5-. A fastening device including a hasp, a turn button for holdingthe hasp in closed position, andineans including the hasp for releasably retaining theturn vbutton in hasp holding position.

6. A fastening device including a hasp, means for holding the hasp in closed position and means carried by the hasp for locking thehasp holding means in holding position. r

'4. A fastening device, including a hasp.

means for holding the hasp in closed position, and a resilient clasp adaptedto enibrace the hasp holding means to releasably retain the same in holding position.

8. A fastening device including a hasp, and lugs carried by the hasp and adapted to overlie the edge of a door when the hasp is in closed position. i

9. A fastening device including'a hast),

and means carried by the has'p to orerlie the edge of a door when the hasp is in closed position,

i Louis B. cal-tie. 

